275: Focus on the Moment Instead of Looking at Mistakes in the Past with Scott Ruprecht Founder and Owner of Giveback Sports

Scott Ruprecht  is the Founder & President of newly launched Giveback Sports, a ticket and travel company with a social mission. He also owns Sportfishing Worldwide, which is a fly fishing travel company and runs Pacific Fins Resort in Guatemala.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

Blake Mycoskie is an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and Chief Shoe Giver of Toms Shoes.

When business started difficulties overcame:

“The money aspect of it,  I had been working since I was 12 years old so all the money that I saved until I started my company when I was 27 I put into the business start up and most times when you’re starting a business you’re pretty much undercapitalised and the money issues always wear on you especially at the beginning when you don’t know what’s going to happen”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth Book by Gabriel Weinberg

Favourite Quote:

“The impediment to action advance action and what stands in the way becomes the way”

Recommended Online Resources:

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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Don’t ever make your hobby your business, it’s a terrible idea, once you make your hobby your business, after a while it loses its lustre”…[Listen for More]

More About Scott Ruprecht:

Giveback Sports

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“I feel like I’m not smart enough to answer the questions I’m asked.” Bret Easton Ellis

Other Quotes From the Chat with Scott Ruprecht:

• “Overcome the fear by getting excited”
• “As an entrepreneur you just don’t know what tomorrow will bring”
• “Something I’m trying to do more and more is focus on the moment instead of looking at mistakes in the past, looking at where you want to go in the future because you’re so much less anxious “

“Not knowing, you have to get real comfortable with that”

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